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The exit comes in light of the cofounder and CEO Ankiti Bose being suspended after an investigation into Zilingo’s financials and accounting practices
The B2B unicorn was in midst of talks to raise funding
Singh’s exit follows the exits of Temasek Holdings’ Xu Wei Yang and Burda’s Albert Shyy from Zilingo
The situation at B2B fashion startup Zilingo has worsened with now Sequoia India MD Shailendra Singh leaving the B2B marketplace followed by the suspension of cofounder and CEO Ankiti Bose.
Bose was suspended amid an internal investigation into the company’s accounting practices and finances.
Singh resigned as a director about a week ago, after the departures of Temasek Holdings Pte’s Xu Wei Yang and Burda Principal Investments Ltd.’s Albert Shyy, according to people cited by Bloomberg.
According to the same sources, Sequoia is now looking within the organisation for a replacement for the board seat at Zilingo.
The situation at Zilingo is developing, and it started with the talks of a new fundraising round, which led to questions about the startup’s accounting standards and financial practices.
Zilingo or Bose did not speak with Bloomberg, but the report added that the startup’s investors Temasek and Sequoia had initiated the investigation into the company as part of the due diligence process. Zilingo was said to be in talks to raise $150 Mn-$200 Mn at a unicorn valuation.
Founded in 2015 by Bose and Dhruv Kapoor, Zilingo has developed a proprietary suite of applications that allow fashion merchants to access manufacturers around Asia. It also helps by enabling different procurement rates, optimised logistics services, financial services, insurances, loans and analytics for them.
Zilingo has its supply base in Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, China, Bangladesh, Vietnam and Cambodia. Its customer base includes Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore, and also ships to four more countries, including the US, Europe and Australia.
The startup has raised more than $308 Mn to date, with Germany’s Burda and Sofina Capital being its other major investors. The Zilingo cofounder was a speaker at Inc42’s Makers Summit in 2021, where she had discussed the company’s scaling-up strategy and the full-stack approach to online fashion commerce.
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Bose has, for now, denied the allegations against her, and has said that her suspension was due in part to her complaints about harassment.
She has hired Abraham Vergis of Providence Law Asia–an attorney to represent her, and has called the investigation a ‘witch hunt’.
Sequoia’s Apparent Lack Of Due Diligence?
Sequoia’s track record for funding startups is looking sure to be derailed as this is the fourth high-profile Sequoia portfolio company where an internal or external investigation has called into question accounting and other corporate governance standards.
While everything is said and done about BharatPe, which recently saw its boardroom drama spill into social media, the unicorn is being investigated by not just auditors but also India’s Ministry Of Corporate Affairs.
Trell is going through an internal investigation for alleged party-related transactions and financial irregularities, as the company’s founders are also under the microscope.
On the other hand, Zetwerk’s offices and founders’ residential premises were raided by the Income Tax department on suspicion of tax evasion.
Zilingo takes this count to four, and while Singh has resigned, this rapid-fire of controversies at Sequoia-backed startups and unicorns has raised questions on how much due diligence has the VC firm been actually doing before backing these startups.
Update | 14th April, 06:20 PM
Clarified a phrase to better highlight the issues at each of the other three Sequoia-backed startups.
Correction Note | 14th April, 7:09 PM
Zetwerk’s information has been updated to reflect the right details.


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In order to enable card payments by tourists, Bandhan Bank and the Odisha Tourism Development Corporation have teamed to offer Point of Sale (PoS) machines for the latter. This partnership will cover prime locations such as Puri, Bhubaneshwar, Konark, Chilka, and Gopalpur.
The PoS devices will simplify the collecting of tourist payments. Visitors can use the device to pay with debit or credit cards. The bank also has plans to make UPI services available soon.
In response to this, Shantanu Sengupta, Head of Retail Banking at Bandhan Bank, stated: “Over the years, Odisha has been a significant market for Bandhan Bank. We are pleased to collaborate with the government of Odisha to offer easy payment options to the state’s visitors. This initiative is another step towards our goal of being a bank for everyone, which is something we are committed to at Bandhan Bank.
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Eight of Placer County’s 18 wineries captured 37 awards at the California State Fair commercial wine competition, a record for the county.
More than 70 judges on 18 panels tasted all of the wines submitted by 688 participating wineries. There were 2,890 entrants in all.
Lincoln’s Wise Villa Winery captured the most medals for a Placer County winery, with 13 in all, including three gold, six silver and four bronze awards.
“Our Placer County wineries continue to grow in numbers and increase the quality of their wines,” Jocelyn Maddux of Lone Buffalo Winery in Auburn, said in a statement. “We’re proud that we have achieved a record number of awards to add to our ‘Best’ wins with Lone Buffalo’s ‘Best of Class for the Sierra Foothills’ in 2010, Wise Villa in 2011 and Popie Wines this year. In addition, Casque Wines won ‘Best of Show Microwinery’ awards in 2010 for both red and white wines.”
Four Loomis wineries took home awards, including four silver medals for Casque Wines, a silver and three bronze for Ciotti Cellars and three silver awards for Secret Ravine Winery. Loomis’ Popie Wines won two silver medals for its 2009 Red Generic and its Bianci di Barbera, which also tied for the “Best of Class, Sierra Foothills Appellations.”
Auburn’s PaZa Vineyard earned two silver medals and a bronze, Fawnridge Winery won a silver and two bronze awards and Lone Buffalo took home four silver awards and one bronze.
“Placer County wineries have been one of the region’s best-kept secrets and we’re working hard to change that,” Placer County Agricultural Commissioner Josh Huntsinger said in a statement.
There are two upcoming opportunities to taste Placer County wines.
First, Placer wines will be featured at a food and wine tasting event from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday. The Summer Wine Stroll event is presented by the Placer County Vintners Association in collaboration with the Fountains at Roseville.
Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door. VIP tickets that include exclusive seating are available for $35. For more information, go to www.placerwine.com.
Placer County medal winners also will be among the more than 200 wineries pouring at the Grape and Gourmet event at Cal Expo on Aug. 18. Tickets are $40 in advance and $50 at the door. Go to www.bigfun.org for more information.


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Ruthlessness and competitiveness tend to be attributes associated with individuals in the world of business. This has been typified by Gordon Gekko in Wall Street and Ayn Rand’s novel, Atlas Shrugged. Meanwhile, kindness is often an afterthought and sometimes seen as an inconvenience.
But a wave of successful entrepreneurs and philanthropic business leaders are continuing to demonstrate how being kind can be good for business. At the same time, others are being shunned for their less-than-friendly behaviour.
Global leaders and the power of kindness
A host of entrepreneurs and world business leaders talk far more about championing social causes than they do about profitability. Bill Gates is not only one of the world’s wealthiest individuals, he’s also one of the most charitable. The Microsoft founder has given away around $27 billion in donations during his lifetime, yet he is still worth an estimated $75 billion dollars.
Through The Gates Foundation he is also looking to completely eradicate malaria. At the same time, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg is been looking to help “cure, prevent or manage all diseases in our children’s lifetime” through the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
Would-be space traveller and billionaire Richard Branson states that “the brands that will thrive in the coming years are the ones that have a purpose beyond profit.” Virgin Money UK recently spread the good will by getting involved in Random Acts of Kindness Day by surprising the friends and families of their customers with gifts.
However, you don’t need to be a billionaire to make a positive impact. All varieties of businesses can offer something that both boosts their reputation and genuinely helps people.
In London, the removals company AnyVan have dedicated one of their vans to performing good causes for free. Their “Magic Van” has helped charities such as Shelter, The British Heart Foundation and UAREUK. In the latter case, more than two tonnes of clothing were transported from England to Wales for Syrian refugees.
Why it pays to be philanthropic
In 2015, Fortune launched their Change the World list which showcased a collection of companies who were ‘doing well by doing good’. It showed a way of achieving both positive social impact whilst improving business performance. Importantly, it shows the two aren’t mutually exclusive.
Fortune found 50 companies that were making positive contributions that directly benefited their business. Coca-Cola made it onto the list for training 1.2 million women entrepreneurs from impoverished backgrounds in 60 countries through the 5by20 initiative. This included providing access to financial services, assets, and support networks of peers and mentors. A study of the 5by20 participants in South Africa saw an average of 44% growth in business sales.
This new wave of kindness has been called ‘conscious capitalism’. Others refer to it as simply having a heart. Either way, giving can be profitable. A 2014 study found that 55% of global online consumers across 60 countries said they were willing to pay more for products and services provided by companies that are committed to positive social and environmental causes.
The successes of these businesses follows what is known as “impact investments”, which according to the Global Impact Investing Network are “investments made into companies, organizations, and funds with the intention to generate social and environmental impact alongside a financial return.” It’s important to note that impact investing is predicted to be worth a staggering $500 billion by 2020.
The damage done by being heartless
In contrast to Fortune’s ‘doing well by doing good’ ethos, businesses should be aware of the risks of not being nice. A bad reputation lasts years, and the damage can be devastating and almost irreversible.
Take Nestlé; they were deemed to have aggressively marketed formula milk in developing countries even though it had detrimental effects on the health of both mothers and babies. As such, Nestlé products were boycotted in the US from 1977 to 1984. In the UK, Nestle products are still boycotted: Baby Milk Action held their Nestlé-Free Week from 28 October to 4th November 2016.
However, Nestlé is now on the Fortune Change the World list for its efforts to pack its products with essential vitamins, especially in low- and middle-income countries. So perhaps doing good now could be a way to make amends for doing bad in the past.
But as Nestlé know very well, a bad reputation can be hard to shake. It takes years of hard work and genuine charitable endeavour. Writing in The Guardian, Matthew Jenkin states that “in a world of total transparency global firms which trumpet their values and ethical practices at home but fail to meet their own high standards elsewhere open themselves up to accusations of hypocrisy.”
It seems that the way for businesses to be appreciated as good is not just by hiring a good PR firm, but by actual being good. For inspiration, you need to look no further than Andrew Carnegie.
Carnegie, a 19th-century industrialist who gave away almost 90% of his fortune, set out his philosophy in an article titled ‘The Gospel of Wealth’, calling for the rich to redistribute their surplus means in a responsible and thoughtful manner. One Carnegie quote stands out amongst the rest: “No man can become rich without himself enriching others.”


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Never one to take a conventional path, leading electronic music producer and songwriter deadmau5 embarked on a one-of-a-kind road trip leading up to the release of his new album while(1<2) (mau5trap/Astralwerks), out today, Tuesday, June 17. Earlier this month he put the pedal to the metal of his Purrari, his custom Nyan cat-wrapped Ferrari Spider 458 on the Gumball 3000 Rally for a drive from Miami to Ibiza and raised hundreds upon thousands of dollars contributed towards it’s charity The Gumball Foundation. His heavily chronicled escapades–which fans were able to follow in real time via his live.deadmau5.com platform– garnered him the prestigious ‘Spirit Of The Gumball’ Award. It also helped to propel while(1<2) to debut at at #1 dance and #4 overall iTunes charts today. Look for the album to be available physically and via streaming services on Tuesday, June 24. Also stay tuned for news of a limited edition vinyl coming soon.
Leading up to while(1<2)—a double-album collection of 25 tracks that together he truly feels is his first proper artist release–deadmau5 made four key tracks off the album available. First there was “Avaritia,” which premiered on Pete Tong’s Radio One show in mid-May.
Next came “Seeya,” with its rare vocal tracks courtesy of new mau5trap signing Colleen D’Agastino. As deadmau5 was about to launch on his adventure of a lifetime, the Gumball 3000 Rally, Rolling Stone premiered “Infra Turbo Pigcart Racer.”
Then came the unveiling of “Phantom’s Can’t Hang,” courtesy of Mashable.
Now the full modern-day electronic opus from one of the world’s most prolific producers is available for all via iTunes with other formats to follow next week.
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Kylie Minogue has announced details of a new pop up shop as part of her two-night residency at London's Royal Albert Hall this weekend.
Opening in collaboration with the historic venue this Friday and Saturday (December 9 and 10), the store will sell items personally curated by the singer.
Merchandise, homeware, festive decorations and exclusive items will be available, and there will be costumes from Minogue’s previous tours on display, including the lips prop from 2014-15’s Kiss Me Once Tour.
Signed items from her personal archive will be available as competition prizes.
Kylie Minogue said: "I’ve wanted to do a pop up store for some time and when the Royal Albert Hall said they would like to host it for me I thought it would be a really fun addition to ‘A Kylie Christmas’. We’ve loved putting the range together and I hope the fans enjoy it."
Lucy Noble, director of events at the Royal Albert Hall, said: “We’re thrilled that Kylie is creating her first ever pop-up shop to celebrate her performances here, giving fans the chance to get hold of exclusive Kylie merchandise. We have an unrivalled history of events and have hosted Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein and The Beatles but this is the first time we’ve ever hosted a pop-up shop!"
The opening of the pop up shop follows an exhibition of Kylie Minogue costumes and memorabilia at the Victoria & Albert Museum in 2007. The Weeknd and Justin Bieber are among the other artists also to have opened temporary shops this year.
Kylie Minogue is performing her only two UK headline shows of 2016 this weekend, in support of her festive release A Kylie Christmas, which features a cover of Everbody's Free (To Feel Good) by Rozalla. The song features in Boots' current Christmas ad campaign.
The Christmas store will be open from 10am-4pm this Saturday and Sunday, accessed via door six of the Royal Albert Hall, London SW7 2AP.


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What if you could do what you’ve longed to do these past two years—travel! Be a carefree tourist again!—and make an easy and meaningful contribution to Reconciliation just by taking a trip?
That’s the value proposition Indigeno Travel, Canada’s first Indigenous-owned full-service national travel agency, is hoping conscientious travellers of every kind—business and leisure, Indigenous and non-Indigenous—will find impossible to resist as they emerge from their COVID cocoons and welcome an opportunity to reduce Canada’s deepest historic disparity simply by travelling.
“When you travel with Indigeno, you’re helping us grow what we believe is destined to become an iconic success story in the emerging Indigenous economy,” says Chris Maxfield, Co-founder and VP of Business Development.
“The Truth and Reconciliation Commission has challenged Canadians to make economic Reconciliation an integral part of the national healing process,” notes Indigeno Board Director Jessica Dumas, the first Indigenous woman to have chaired the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce. “Canadians want to do the right thing. Indigeno helps them fulfil that commitment, whether by booking a family vacation, arranging accommodations for a large institutional event or handling the complex travel requirements of a corporation or government.”
Headquartered on Treaty 1 territory in Winnipeg, Indigeno Travel is powered by an operational partnership with two of Canada’s leading independent travel firms: Great Canadian Travel Group—a multi-award-winning Mecca for leisure travellers—and Continental Travel Group, a stalwart provider of corporate travel.
The result is Indigeno Travel operates at the scale, capacity and expertise of one of Canada’s largest full-service travel agencies. Indigeno President and CEO Phil Sproul has been there, done that many times over, having helmed some of North America’s largest travel brands for more than three decades.
In addition to helping you book that Paris-in-springtime getaway, Indigeno is your natural go-to agency for the world’s most exciting array of Indigenous tourism experiences.
Reinvigorating Canada’s Indigenous tourism sector is also a priority for Indigeno’s newest equity partner, the Treaty One Development Corporation.
“Travel is about to come back in a big way,” says T1DC spokesperson Chief Dennis Meeches. “Indigeno offers a choice for Canadians of goodwill towards Indigenous people.”
It’s an emotional moment for Chris Maxfield.
“When the late Darrell Phillips, or Little Black Bear as he was traditionally known, and I first conceived of Indigeno Travel,” Chris says, “we dreamed of a way for all Canadians to take part in Reconciliation simply by doing what they already love to do—travel. Canadians have never yearned to travel more than they do now, and the thirst for Reconciliation has never been stronger. We are all just raring to go!”
Making your next trip an Indigeno experience—and voting with your dollars for Reconciliation—is as easy as visiting their website at indigenotravel.com to “explore the possibilities.”
Indigeno Travel presents a bold, socially responsible opportunity for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians to come together in the spirit of Reconciliation.


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Mumbai 2022 July XV: Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Narayan Rane launched ‘Repos Pay – a ‘Mobile Electric Charging’ platform and ‘Phy-gital’ – a Fintech Platform at ‘Fuelling India 2022’ event in Mumbai recently.
‘Repos Pay’ is a platform where one can order a Mobile Electric Charging Vehicle on app and charge their vehicles. Repos Pay is an innovative financial platform that offers new ways for citizens to get involved in delivering clean energy to doorsteps and reap the benefits of the technologically powered payment solution.
‘Phy-gital’ is a Fintech Platform that will bring credit to fuel consumers (Buy Now Pay Later) through Technology. The energy fintech platform will facilitate fuel on credit solution for bulk consumers.
“I am here to welcome the youngsters who have come up with new initiatives and who are venturing into business,” Shri Rane expressed his happiness to see young entrepreneurs. “We need to make our country Aatma Nirbar Bharat as envisioned by the Prime Minister.
Shri Rane said that MSME’s share of contribution in the country’s GDP needs to be increased. He also asked the officials in the Ministry to scale up their efforts to meet a higher target. He asked them to work result oriented to bring a positive change. “India has capacity to become super power with its entrepreneurs and enterprises,” he noted and requested all stakeholders to help each other in achieving this.
The Minister thanked the Banking sector for the financial support provided to budding firms which help the small enterprises grow
Chairman, National Small industries Corporation P Udaykumar appreciated the budding entrepreneurs who are creating waves in the energy sector while most of the start-ups that are coming up in the country are from IT and Digital sectors. Speaking about the role of MSME ministry and NSIC in supporting the micro, small and medium enterprises in the country, Shri Udaykumar said that, “Our mandate is to create a very positive MSME ecosystem. This is a time when the whole world is looking at India. The MSME sector in the country withstood even during COVID.”
Shri Udaykumar went on to say that the performance of the sector has come back to pre-COVID levels. He also shared about the Government’s and the Ministry’s interventions to support the MSMEs. “The MSME’s initiative ‘SEED -fund’ has created a record by onboarding 24 daughter firms in a short span of 6 months which will create a much more robust eco system.” He also extended his invitation to eligible firms to approach NSIC for availing support for working capital funds, equity inclusion as well as venture capital.
Chairman – Indian Chamber of Commerce for Affirmative Action, Sunil Zode spoke about the importance of MSMEs in the country. “Indian MSME contributes about 29% of country’s GDP and 50% of India’s exports. Government has created an excellent eco-system to support MSMEs and that is why we can see so many youths coming forward with their businesses,” he said. Speaking about the launch of the app by Repos, he expressed confidence this initiative can pave way to bridge the gap between exports and imports in the country.


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DIESEL cars break down more often than their petrol counterparts and are more expensive to repair on average, according to new research from MotorEasy.
The warranty company’s year-long study of around 30,000 breakdowns involving vehicles between three and eight years old found that diesel cars were three times more likely to break down than petrol models.
The analysis also showed that the average engine repair bill for a diesel car was £517, as opposed to £433 on a petrol – a difference of 19 per cent.
The most costly diesel repair bill thrown up by the survey was a staggering £4,030.80. Alfa Romeo topped the list as the most unreliable brand at a 47 per cent failure rate.
The three other manufacturers with the most diesel engine failures were Land Rover at 41 per cent, Mitsubishi at 36 per cent and Saab at 33 per cent.
Duncan McClure Fisher, founder of MotorEasy, said: ‘Diesels experience many more smaller problems than petrol cars. They are less reliable, and when a big item goes wrong it costs a lot more to put right.
‘If you’re still considering a used diesel car, our advice is to avoid high-mileage examples, particularly if you are only driving low mileage or doing city driving.’


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The Consumer Affairs Authority officials yesterday seized 7,000 kilograms of dried fish unfit for human consumption.
The haul valued at 5.2 million rupees was stored to be sold to unsuspecting consumers at a shop. It was seized during a special raid carried out in Pettah.
CAA sources said that strict legal action will be taken against the vendor.
The CAA has embarked on special missions to crackdown on illegal and undesirable businesses to provide the safe and guaranteed service to the consumers.


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These were the best developers and studios of 2016.
This is who is making games for the Nintendo Switch.
Steam’s official Early Access developer rules have been revealed, and they outline some major problems with the platform.
CD Projekt Red has stated that development on Cyberpunk 2077 is well underway, with a bigger team than the Witcher 3 ever had.
Marcin Iwiński, co-founder of CD Projekt RED, has expressed his company’s views on piracy and copy protection.
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A groundbreaking ceremony was held today for Stew Leonard’s first grocery store in New Jersey. Located at the Paramus Park Mall, the 80,000-square-foot store is expected to create more than 350 new jobs in the region.
When completed, the new, state-of-the-art facility, which is replacing a famed 45-year-old Sears department store, will bring farm fresh food shopping to New Jersey with dozens of chefs, butchers, fishmongers and more, preparing gourmet foods daily.
The new Paramus space will feature an in-store “from-scratch” bakery, Stew Leonard’s signature one-way aisle, and interactive animatronic characters, which will perform shows to entertain families while shopping. In fact, the family-owned and operated fresh food store, which was founded in 1969, earned the nickname the “Disneyland of Dairy Stores” by the New York Times because of its country-fair atmosphere, with costumed characters and animated entertainment throughout the store. The company was also designated the “World’s Largest Dairy Store” by the Guinness Book of World Records.
Stew Leonard’s currently has six locations in Connecticut and New York State. The Paramus Park Mall will also be the new home of Stew Leonard’s Wines & Spirits of Paramus, which will move from their current location at 396 Route 17 N to the interior of the Paramus food store, offering shoppers convenient, one-stop-shopping for fresh food as well as more than 1,600 wines, 800 spirits and 500 beers.
Stew Leonard’s is a $400-million-a-year company currently welcoming more 11 million shoppers annually.
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The brand ownership and licensing company announced a 22% drop in second-quarter revenues on Wednesday and outlined some of the challenges it anticipates that it will face as the coronavirus crisis evolves.
Some 44% of UK fashion brands are looking to roll out free delivery by 2021 as a response to Covid-19 and in a bid to win back online shoppers. Some 34% also plan to offer free returns and 25% Click & Collect.
When many women finally get their wish post-Covid to spend half their lives in the charm of the countryside with all sorts of witty and stylish pals, Anna Sui’s latest collection is what many of them will be wearing.
Fashion giant Bestseller has named Niels Christian Jung as its new Communication Manager. The journalist and documentary filmmaker will join on October 1 and will report directly to company chief Anders Holch Povlsen.
The British Fashion Council is teaming up with Amazon Fashion during London Fashion Week for an initiative that should not only support emerging designers but also underlines Amazon's ambitions in higher-end fashion.


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NASHVILLE, TN – Michael Fekkes, M&AMI, CBI, CEPA has announced that the firm has been retained by a profitable entertainment business to represent them in the sale of the company. ENLIGN will provide business appraisal and valuation services, discreet business marketing and buyer qualification services, in addition to representing the seller in transaction negotiations.
- ENLIGN Advisors has announced that the firm has been retained by a Tennessee entertainment business to represent them in the sale of the business.
- The business, which specializes in events, parties, and catered occasions, has demonstrated solid financial performance over the years and is on track for repeated growth in the coming years.
- For listing details, visit www.enlign.com/listings
“This desirable listing represents one of the many opportunities that ENLIGN has in Tennessee. The southeast is experiencing considerable growth and we are facing a situation where we have more buyers than sellers.” stated Michael Fekkes, the Director of ENLIGN’s Nashville office.
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This high-performance graphics chip is already used in HiSilicon Kirin 960, but Samsung Exynos 7872 will be applied to the modification of the different architectures.
According to rumors, the South Korean manufacturer Samsung is working on a chip of the middle segment Exynos 7872. It is based on lies a 14-nm process technology. It provides support for working in high-speed LTE 4G networks. According to previous leaks, the processor will have four processing cores Cortex-A73 and two Cortex-A53. For the image quality will be responsible accelerator Mali-T830.
Now, however, the social network Weibo new information about the upcoming innovations. It turns out that instead of the graphics controller Mali-T830 will be used by Mali-G71 MP1. The same chip used in Kirin 960 (Huawei P10 , Mate 9), but there was a version with eight shader programs, and in Exynos 7872 – one.
It is noteworthy that the Chinese manufacturer Meizu has already promised to introduce a smartphone based on Exynos 7872 in the near future.


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The awards, given for 26 years, honor entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success for innovation and financial performance in their companies. More than 70 people were nominated for the Orange County awards this year.
“All the finalists exhibited tremendous fortitude and innovation in their respective fields” said Kim Letch, Ernst & Young LLP Entrepreneur Of The Year program director for Orange County. “The winners showcase the entrepreneurial spirit that is the driving force behind the economic and employment growth in Orange County and beyond.”
The awards were announced June 7 at the St. Regis Resort in Dana Point. Local winners will be eligible for national Entrepreneur of the Year awards to be presented Nov. 17.
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LANDIKOTAL: Custom agents associations office bearers and traders on Sunday said that unnecessary slow documentation process of trucks trasporting goods from and to Afghanistan had caused drastically dropped down the revenue being collected at Torkham border crossing.
Talking to Fata Voice News Agency Torkham custom clearing association president Mirajuddin Shinwari, Sarhad chamber of commerace presudent Shahid Hussain and and Frontier custom association president Ziaul Haq Sarhadi said that the Pak-Afghan bilateral and transit trade have slowed down owing to sluggish clearing process at Torkham border.
They said the unnecessry checking of the trucks at Torkham border and delay tactics has also created traffic problems on Peshawar-Torkham highway.
Shahid Hussain urged the National Logistic Cell (NLC) to increase the number of scanners to accelerate clearance of export, import and transit trade goods vehicles as well as empty trucks to give boost the trade between the two neighbouring countries. He said due to these difficulties traders, importers and exporters were facing financial losses.
Shahid said said the Pakistan custom authorities at Torkham custom house were timely issue gate passes to the trucks but the clearance process of vehicles loaded with export and import goods gradually declining.He said due to slow documents clearance process the less number of the empty vehicles coming from Afghanistan also declined that impacted negatively on mutual and transit between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Ziaul Haq Sarhadi said the collection of a handsome amount as fee at Shakas check post, Bara and Takhtabaig check posts was illegal. He called upon the authorities to take notice immediately and stop looting the truckers with both their hands.
He said the opening of the Torkham and Ghulam Khan border crossings for trade was widwly lauded but the government must facilitate traders and business communities so that they could enhance trade not only with Afghanistan but they could also reach to central Asian countries and Europe markets.
Ziaulhaq said the government’s steps to enhance mutual and transit trade with Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries would be proved fruitful by removing hurdles in the way of trade between the two countries.He also demanded of the government to release required funds for NCL terminal at Torkham border to complete this important project in the stipulated period.
President of Torkham custom association Mirajuddin Shinwari said the fares of vehicles from Karachi to Torkham have surged up from Rs400,000 to Rs600,000 owing to non-availability of transport facility. He feared that under the prevailing scenario transportation charges from Peshawar to Torkham would also be increased from Rs50,000 to Rs80,000.
He said due to hard and fast rules at Pak-Afghan border the Afghanistan largest market was going to shift to Islamic Republic Iran and other countries.He said it would also put adversed impacts on Pakistan’s economy and foreign exchange.
Shinwari demanded of the Prime Minister Imran Khan to issue instructions to address the Pak-Afghan mutual and transit trade issues and to enhance the country’s exports to Afghanistan and central Asian countries.


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Nepali brand CG has launched its first 4G enabled smartphone, the Blaze 4G, in an event in Kathmandu. It’s an affordable handset from the company that carries a price tag of Rs. 11,111.
The CG Blaze 4G sports a 5-inch 720P IPS display, and is powered by a quad-core MediaTek processor (MT6735, 1.3Ghz, Cortex A53, 64bit) alongside 2GB of RAM. With such configuration, you can expect the phone to run well during light to moderate usage. Storage wise, it has 16GB of inbuilt ROM that can be further expanded via a microSD card slot upto 64GB. The phone boots on Android Marshmallow 6.0 and has a 2Ah battery.
In the camera department, the CG Blaze 4G flaunts an 8MP primary camera with LED flash and autofocus, while the front houses a 5MP selfie snapper. The highlight of this phone is it comes with 4G support which is a must-have feature these days since NTC recently announced 4G services in Nepal.
Product Specifications of CG Blaze 4G
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|5” HD IPS LCD
|Dual SIM 4G LTE
|1.3GHz Quad Core (MT6735)
|8MP, f/2.2 lens with Flash
5MP, f/2.2 lens
|16GB Internal Memory
|micro SD slot (up to 64 GB)
|2GB DDR3 RAM
|BT, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, USB 2.0, GPS, GLONASS


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News : Pipeline Announces Resigned Mobile CRM
Los Angeles, CA, USA, April 28, 2016 -- Pipeliner announced the release of its new, fully redesigned Mobile version for both Android and IOS Smartphones.
Coming fast on the heels of the last month’s major new release of the full application, Automata, this mobile release is characterized by the same intuitiveness and visual appeal. Now busy sales professionals have all the essential features of Pipeliner always at their fingertips wherever they go.
According to Robert Desisto, Vice President and analyst at Gartner, their clients have been increasingly asking about offline support for mobile CRM. Pipeliner CRM has understood the need for both offline and online support since its inception and have the infrastructure to support this. Having a local application, where the user can access data from anywhere whether they are on or off-line is critical.
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Pipeliner CRM is a software system that enables salespeople and teams to understand their sales process and accelerate opportunities toward a close, while saving time and maintaining focus. Pipeliner CRM overlays organizational features atop a visual interface, creating a worktool that adapts to and grows with the organization. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California and Vienna, Austria, Pipeliner CRM has offices in the UK, Sweden, Slovakia, and India.
Published: Monday, May 2, 2016
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Arpin Group to help Rhode Island residents and businesses recycle computers and shred documents to benefit the Audubon Society of Rhode Island
Special fundraising e-waste collection open to public for one day only – April 24
Arpin Group will host an e-waste recycling collection and document-shredding event on Saturday, April 24, with proceeds going to the Audubon Society of Rhode Island. The collection will take place 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Audubon Environmental Education Center, 1401 Hope Street (Rte 114), Bristol, R.I.
A minimum donation of $.20 per pound is highly encouraged for most items, but certain items such as air conditioners will require an extra disposal fee. All donations collected from e-waste recycling benefit the Audubon Society of Rhode Island.
Due to the severe flooding in the state of Rhode Island and surrounding areas, roads and highways are closed and the state has been declared a disaster area. Many of our staff and management at both Arpin Van Lines and Arpin International Group have experienced flooding in their homes and others are unable to get to the offices due to road and highway closures and flooding.
At this time, both Arpin Van Lines and Arpin International Group are open but working with reduced staff.
We ask for your patience and understanding over the next couple of days.
We have been informed that beginning Friday March 19, 2010, Shanghai customs authorities will inspect ALL import and export air freight shipments for literature considered to be defamatory, critical, or subversive towards China and its government. Though not specified, we believe that any literature concerning the Dalai Lama, Xinjang riots, the Tiananmen Square incident, Tibetan emancipation, Taiwan independence, as well as general criticism(s) of China will be included in this sweeping regulation.
Eight full-sized Arpin moving trucks rolled off Cardi's Furniture parking lots late last month, filled with 8,000 donated walking aids including crutches, wheelchairs, walkers, canes and others, destined for Norfolk, Va., where they began their final journey to Haiti.
Arpin Group, Inc. is teaming with Cardi’s Furniture Superstores to support Physicians for Peace by hosting a medical supplies and cash collection drive for Haiti earthquake relief efforts on Friday, February 19, 2010 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The collection will take place at Cardi’s Furniture store locations in Braintree, South Attleboro and Swansea, Mass. and Route 2, West Warwick, R.I.
As we leave 2009 amid economic and environmental concerns, we'd like to take this opportunity to share with you some of the positive Arpin Group news stories of the year. From award-winning services, strategic planning initiatives and engaging stakeholders; to integrating sustainability into our operations and raising awareness with inspiring actions; you'll find this information and more in this month's edition of ABN News.
Arpin Group, Inc. is revealing a new face for 2010 with the launch of a contemporary Web site (http://www.ArpinGroup.com) and an updated logo for subsidiary, Arpin International Group.
Focused on improving its online experience for customers and agents, Arpin Group, Inc. has created its first dedicated Web site to serve as a gateway for all Arpin companies and services. While separate Web sites have existed for Arpin Van Lines, Arpin International Group and global offices, this is the first time the parent company has received a formal online presence.


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Samsung released the Galaxy S10 Lite and Note10 Lite at the start of 2020, as a pair of budget phones aimed at select markets like Europe and India. Both devices shipped with Android 10 (One UI 2.0) out of the factory, but now Samsung is updating the Note10 Lite to Android 11.
Verizon used to be among the slowest carriers to update their phones, but that may not be true anymore. Big Red became the first US carrier to send out the Android 11 update to the Galaxy Note10 mid-January, only a couple of weeks after it debuted on the Exynos-powered international Note10 models. And now, a month later, T-Mobile is jumping on the bandwagon and has started rolling out Android 11 to its Note10 and 10+ units.
Samsung's been at the top of its game when it comes to software updates lately, and most recently that's taken the shape of bringing One UI 3.0 to the Galaxy family. Hot on the heels of the Note 20 series getting a taste of Android 11, Samsung is now rolling out One UI 3.0 to the Notes of yesteryear — the Note10 and the Note10+.
The Galaxy Note10 is a year old, but it's still one of the best phones you can buy right now, especially considering it was given an extra year of OS updates. Now you can get one for $699.99, a discount of $250 from the original price.
The Galaxy Note phones are some of Samsung's best devices, and just because the Galaxy Note10+ is from 2019 doesn't make it a bad option in 2020. Its specs can still compete with almost all of this year's flagships, and today only, Amazon is offering the device for just $799.99 — a $300 discount.
Plenty of us have ogled Samsung's Note series phones, thinking, "one day." They're great devices, but they usually come at an astronomical price, with the Note10 still sitting at $950 MSRP. As it turns out, though, today might be that day: you can grab an unlocked Samsung Galaxy Note10 for its lowest price yet of $550 ($400 off) on Microsoft's eBay store.
Samsung took the wraps off the Galaxy Note20 series around a month ago, which means that now is a great time to be buying last year's model. Microsoft's eBay storefront is currently offering the US unlocked model of the Galaxy Note10+ for $749.99, which is $350 off MSRP.
Samsung's Note line is renowned for its large displays, powerful specs, and built-in S Pen stylus. It's also known for being particularly pricey; the new Note20 line starts at $1,000. If the most appealing parts of the Note experience to you are the size and the stylus, good news! You can pick up a Note10 Lite on eBay for $375 right now.
We've got a month left before the Galaxy Note20 phones make their way to store shelves, but if you're looking to maximize your value on a smartphone purchase, perhaps you should look to a Galaxy Note10. New, dual-SIM international units are currently on sale for $610, but you might need to act now to get this price.
The Galaxy Note10+ is an excellent handset, which unfortunately cost a whopping $1,100 when it came out. As its replacement might be around the corner, prices are continuing to drop. The dual-SIM international version is now down to $740 on eBay, which is $360 off the original price.


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Planes have long been used to drop pesticides and herbicides quickly and evenly over cropland, but the newest drone to drift quietly over us has something a little different waiting in its cargo-hold: thousands and thousands of sterilized moths.
The pink bollwarm is a cotton pest that doesn’t show up often, but hits hard when it does. The newest solution the USDA is testing out? A series of remote agricultural control drones that can be speedily dispatched to any effected fields with the quickness.
But those moths aren’t pink bollworm predators—far from it. They are also pink bollworms who have been sterilized. This sudden addition keeps many new pink bollworms from appearing and—with a lifecycle that is just about two weeks—could stop an infestation fairly quick.


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Shanghai Fashion Week 2024 started the Asian fashion calendar off with an electrifying start. Shanghai has been at the forefront of the Asian fashion market
The last adaptation is from 2011 – Here comes another reboot 10 years later. And the project is rumoured to be taken on by Universal.
What exactly is the future of film and cinema? Steven Spielberg, director of many classics such as Jaws, Jurassic Park and E.T has signed a
On November 1st, Chappelle’s Show was released on Netflix in the US for everyone to enjoy. Just days later, it was taken down by the
Universal has announced production has started on a new Dracula movie as the studio begins to find its footing on monster movies. In 2017, Universal
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Boyue Likebook announced a few days ago that they will be releasing a new ereader this week called the P6. Like their earlier larger models this one will be powered by Android 8 too.
It will have 1gb Ram and 16gb storage. The screen will be 6 inches with 300 PPI.
Its closest competitors will be the Onyx Boox Poke2/3 and Xiaomi Mi Reader which are both 6inches and with an open android operating system. There are other 6inch ereaders out there but they either have custom Linux or a closed android Operating System.
It is rumored to be released this week and that’s when full details of the device, its price and place of availability will be listed here. Stay tuned.


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In a bid to bring the augmented reality (AR) experience closer to Android users, Google has released a new software development kit (SDK) called ARCore. Continue reading Google launches augmented reality platform for Android
Japanese researchers have shown that an augmented reality (AR) system could be a useful guide to planning, performing and evaluating the results of plastic and reconstructive surgery. Continue reading Augmented reality may help guide plastic surgery
The first wave of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has started creating ripples in the newsroom—in chatbots, automated reporting systems and machine learning techniques which are sifting through massive data sets to write initial news reports. Continue reading Artificial Intelligence enters newsrooms, are jobs at stake?
Facebook wants you to sit in your bedroom wearing a headset and take a virtual vacation with faraway friends and family. Or use your smartphone’s camera to spruce up your dinky apartment, at least virtually.
Augmented Reality (AR) has the potential to become as big as the ubiquitous smartphone and help people out in daily life, Apple CEO Tim Cook has told The Independent newspaper.


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Fortnite Update 2.58 Is Available To Download Now, Get The Details Here
Epic Games has released Fortnite update 2.58, which is a maintenance patch. Here’s what you need to know about this update.
Fortnite Chapter 2 has started its second season. It launched as a part of a new update recently that implemented the changes included in Season 2. The second season of Fortnite brings new customization options, challenges, weapons, and more.
Epic Games has continued to update and evolve Fortnite Battle Royale. They made a big splash with the Chapter 2 update for Fortnite Battle Royale that implemented new gameplay features and changed the map layout. All of these were part of the Chapter 2 update for the game.
Epic Games has released a maintenance patch today. Fortnite update 2.58 patch notes mention that it is a maintenance patch that is aimed at fixing an issue with editing while sprinting. It was released today as part of a patch for all platforms.
Fortnite Update 2.58 Patch Notes
- Issue with editing while sprinting.
- Reports of Aim Assist performing inconsistently.
- Corrupted Scratch Outfit style shows no corruption in Lobby.
- Losing controller input in Maya’s Upgrade Vault.
The download size of this update is different depending on your platform, but it should be under 1 GB for most users. The update is available to download now and since it is a client-side patch, you will need to restart the game.
Epic Games first addressed this issue on Fortnite Trello confirming that this patch launched for PC first. “We’ve released a PC patch to address editing interfering with sprinting, and are working to push the fix to all other platforms, ” said Epic Games.
They have updated the error listing to confirm that this issue should be resolved on all platforms now. “With the release of the February 25, 2020 maintenance patch, this issue has been resolved on all platforms.”


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Here we go again!
After nearly "breaking the Internet" when she posed nude for Paper magazine last year, Kim Kardashian and Love magazine are trying to succeed where Paper mag failed.
A photo of Kim posing for Love magazine leaked on Twitter on Monday, and it's a real doozy.
The pic shows the 34-year-old "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" star revealing her bare butt and wearing nothing but a jacket, sheer lace trim socks and black heels.
Check out the NSFW photo below:
North West's mom covers the new issue of the magazine, in which she gets interviewed by Brit "It" model Cara Delevingne. Cara, by the way, stars on an alternate Love magazine cover with Kim's little sister, Kendall Jenner.
Update: Photographer Steven Klein released a better quality image, which, as it turns out, is an ad for Prada:
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Resembling a flash drive, Juul conveys a sense of industry — you’re Juuling into your MacBook Air while you are cramming for your test on Theodore Dreiser and thinking about trigonometry — and it is so easy to conceal that, as one mother explained to me, she failed to notice that her daughter was vaping in the back seat of the car as she was driving.
It’s basically just the latest “hip” e-cig. And this is one of the issues I have with e-cigs … is they keep trying to pass themselves off as “hip” and the “latest thing.” And kids love stuff that’s “hip” and the “latest thing.”
The company’s position that Juul is intended strictly for “adult” smokers as its website repeatedly indicates, is belied by the menu of flavors in which the nicotine pods are offered. These include Mango, Cool Mint, Fruit Medley and Creme Brulee. As Anthony Charuvastra, a child psychiatrist and assistant professor at New York University’s Medical Center put it, “Who over 25 is looking for creme brulee as part of a smoking experience?”
Like all modern tech companies that attract tens of millions of dollars in venture capital funding, Juul believes it is doing something globally valuable, acting as “part of the solution to end combustible smoking,’’ as its marketing material proclaims. A “Mission & Values” statement on the company’s website declares that no minor should be in possession of Juul and argues that the company is working to combat underage use. In August, it instituted an age-verification system on its e-commerce site to try and prevent anyone under 21 from buying Juul products.
“James and Adam recognized a groundbreaking opportunity to apply industrial design to the smoking industry, which had not materially evolved in over one hundred years,” the Juul website also declares, indicating how little Silicon Valley can distinguish between what needs to be disrupted and what simply needs to go away.
When asked about Juul’s use by teenagers, the company said in a statement, “We condemn the use of our product by minors. We are fully committed to dramatically reducing the incidence of young people using Juul.”
Yeah, the “we here at Juul are very concerned about teen vaping” sounds pretty lame and vapid (They gave a similar statement to Women’s Health), especially when it sounds EXACTLY like the Tobacco Industry excuses for their products being blatantly marketed to teens for decades. So, colour me seriously unimpressed with the owners of Juul and their milquetoast response about teens using their product.
This one is from the University of California, San Francisco (one of the leading anti-tobacco schools in the nation). It found that vapour from e-cigarettes not only contain carcinogenic chemicals, it also found that sweet, fruity-flavoured e-cig flavours are the worst for delivering carcinogenic chemicals into the lung.
These chemicals do not show up in the “ingredients” of e-cigarettes.
The chemicals are not listed on the ingredients of the vape liquid. They’re found under the catch-all description of “flavorings”, the researchers said.
Dr. Mark Rubinstein, of UCSF’s Division of Adolescent Medicine, and colleagues tested 67 teenagers who vape and compared them to 16 teens who both vape and smoke tobacco cigarettes and to 20 teens who do not use either type of cigarette.
They tested their urine and saliva and asked questions about cigarette use.
Those who used both types of cigarette had significantly higher levels of dangerous chemicals, including acrylonitrile, acrolein, propylene oxide, acrylamide and crotonaldehyde, the team reported. And those who used only e-cigarettes had much higher levels than those who used neither product.
“Among our e-cigarette–only participants, the use of fruit-flavored products produced significantly higher levels of the metabolites of acrylonitrile,” they wrote.
Glycerin and other flavorings in both tobacco and e-cigarettes can react with one another or break down into the potentially harmful chemicals.
“Acrylonitrile is a highly poisonous compound used widely in the manufacture of plastics, adhesives and synthetic rubber,” the National Center for Biotechnology Information says on its website.
Acrolein “is toxic to humans following inhalation, oral or dermal exposure,” the Environmental Protection Agency says. Some studies show it can play a part in bringing about lung cancer, although the EPA says there is not enough data to show whether it causes cancer in people.
This is just the latest in countless studies showing that e-cigarettes are — at BEST — not completely benign and really should be avoided by teens … and more should be done to dissuade teens from using them. They might be better than cigarettes, and might be a viable option for a smoker to quit cigarettes, but they should not be used by teens as an alternative delivery system for addictive nicotine. The best choice is to simply avoid nicotine in any form … period.
Another nail in the coffin on the idea that e-cigs are completely safe. Again, I’m a bit ambivalent on e-cigs, but it does bother me — a lot — to see them pretty blatantly marketed to teenagers. Like Medical News Today states … teenagers should not be using e-cigarettes at all.
The irony here is e-cigs were initially marketed long ago as a way to get around indoor smoking bans. I fully remember the Blu e-cig ads with Stephen Dorff and Jenny McCarthy smoking e-cigs at parties and clubs. Well not in New York. And not in a growing number of places.
The biggest issue with e-cigs indoors? Well, while that cloud of nicotine-laced steam might not smell and might not be irritating, it’s still got plenty of chemicals in it beside water vapour, including a potentially large amount of formaldehyde. (The e-cig industry has denounced these formaldeyde studies, but boy it sure sounds exactly like the cigarette companies trying to denounce the ties between smoking and lung cancer.)
I’m at the point where, absolutely e-cig steam does not bother me or irritate my eyes … but that doesn’t mean I personally want to inhale it. That doesn’t mean I want that formaldehyde coming into contact with my lung cells. I’ve found myself holding my breath or turning away from people vaping indoors.
So, yeah, sorry about those ads from three or four years ago, but vaping is being banned indoors. And I’m OK with that.
Teen vaping use had increased dramatically from 2011 to 2015 (from less than 2 percent to 16 percent in just four years). Why? Kids were seeing lots of advertising in teen magazines and on TV making e-cigs look cool and hip … and harmless. In the long run, despite an initial investment, they’re cheaper than cigarettes. And most of all, they used to be really easy to buy — and still are pretty easy to buy online.
From 2015 to 2016, teen vaping actually dropped a bunch, from 16 percent to 11.3 percent. That’s roughly a 30 percent decrease.
Meanwhile, teen smoking dropped to an all-time low of 8 percent (high school students). Man, when I first started this blog over on blogspot 10-12 years ago, the teen smoking rate was still 22.5 percent. It frustrated the crap out of me because year after year, it refused to drop.
Amazingly, 19 years ago, it was over 35 percent! (Thanks, Joe Camel). Now, it’s down to 8. That is roughly a 72 percent decrease in 19 years. And the combined teen smoking/vaping/chewing rate (essentially any tobacco product) is down to 20.2 percent.
the past couple of years have been frustrating, as well. While it was great to see the the smoking rate among teens dropping dramatically, the teen vaping rate was increasing during that time just as dramatically. What that meant is that roughly the same percentage of kids were still getting addicted to nicotine, but that they had just discovered a new delivery system.
Matt Myers, from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids responds: “This is unimaginable, extraordinary progress. This is a change of a cosmic nature that has the potential to dramatically impact lung cancer, heart disease, asthma and other problems.”
Robin Koval with the Truth Initiative said these latest numbers might be showing that smoking its on its way out for good. Cigarette smoking has really dropped dramatically just in the past five years for a variety of reason — the popularity of vaping, cigarette taxes, the stigma of smoking and smoking bans being the main reasons.
I want to make it clear, I don’t have a problem with adults vaping, especially if it’s helping them quit smoking. I do have a problem with teenagers getting hooked on nicotine to begin with via vaping. And I really have a problem with some of the reckless advertising being done by vaping brands. It’s still nicotine and it’s still one of the most addictive substances on the planet.
Anti-tobacco advocates had a variety of theories behind the dramatic dropoff in teen vaping (one advocate suggested that the experimental allure of e-cigs has worn off). I have a theory that I think more vendors are cracking down on selling vaping products with an ID … and more states are not allowing vaping products to be sold to teens or even to people under 21. This Washington Post article points out that the feds sent out more than 4,000 warning letters to retailers cautioning them against selling e-cigs to minors.
Anyway, it’s looking good for the moment, though the FDA has delayed implementing regulations over e-cigs … and who knows what the Trump administration is going to do on this issue. I have zero trust in them.
As I’ve written about in the past, the Food and Drug Administration passed regulations almost exactly a year ago on e-cigarettes. These regs will likely drive most small companies out of business and further help Big Tobacco consolidate their e-cig holdings (A lot of people have no idea Big Tobacco already controls about 75 percent of the e-cig market … interesting, huh?).
Anyway, Big Tobacco was attempting to weaken these admittedly fairly tame FDA regulations on e-cigs via the budget process. Big Tobacco was lobbying to have these regs apply only to existing e-cig products and to exempt large cigars (including large, candy-flavoured cigars).
These provisions were rejected in the budget, so the FDA’s regs on e-cigs from last year will remain in place … which surprises me a bit, to be honest. I fully expect Trump to try and gut FDA before all is said and done.
What’s interesting about this is a lot of e-cig advocates screamed bloody murder that Big Tobacco was behind these regs so they could drive out the smaller e-cig companies (the regulations require that each and every e-cig product, which includes each individual flavouring, undergo rigorous testing before receiving FDA approval, which is cost-prohibitive to a lot of small companies). Now, it seems Big Tobacco — yeah, keep driving this through your head, dammit — BIG TOBACCO is fighting e-cig regulations.
Do you get it, now? Big Tobacco IS e-cigs. They are not in competition. E-cigs have become a wholly owned subsidiary division of RJ Reynolds, Altria and British-American Tobacco. I’m gonna start calling it Big Vape.
From a Campaign for Tobacco-Free Children (which is more strongly opposed to e-cig than I am) press release:
Tobacco companies waged an all-out effort to insert these provisions in the funding bill. The New York Times has reported that Altria drafted the first of these provisions and that it was endorsed by R.J. Reynolds. Altria and Reynolds gave $500,000 and $1 million respectively to President Trump’s inauguration, and tobacco interests spent more than $4.7 million in federal lobbying in the first quarter of 2017 alone.
The budget agreement also provides $205 million for the CDC’s tobacco prevention and cessation programs, rejecting a House proposal that slashed funding to only $100 million (compared to $210 million in FY2016). The CDC will be able to continue initiatives such as the Tips from Former Smokers media campaign that has been so cost effective at helping smokers quit, as well as its assistance to state tobacco prevention programs and quitlines that help smokers trying to quit.
While this agreement is an important step forward, the tobacco industry is certain to continue its attacks on FDA and CDC efforts to reduce tobacco use – and even expand them. Legislation introduced last week by Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) would repeal the FDA’s current authority to regulate electronic cigarettes and essentially allow the e-cigarette industry to regulate itself. Tobacco interests have also filed multiple lawsuits against the FDA’s 2016 rule establishing oversight of e-cigarettes and cigars. Congress and the Trump Administration must continue to reject these harmful tobacco industry efforts.
I get it that e-cigs legitimately seem to help a lot of people quit cigarettes. My biggest gripe with e-cigs is the marketing toward kids, and the FDA regs do little or nothing to reel that in.
I’ve written a bit in the past about one of the issues with e-cigarettes … that there’s not a whole lot of regulation about how they’re built and they do have a dangerous habit of exploding/bursting into flames from time to time.
At this point, probably hundreds of people have suffered major and minor burns from exploding e-cigs. Granted, a might be a minor issue compared to the overall question of the safety of e-cigarette vapour, but it’s just another reason why I don’t trust these thing.
Watch the video. It’s pretty harrowing. It’s definitely a “holy crap!” moment. Imagine if you will if you were actually holding that e-cig when it erupted into flames.
This is a really funny and fairly sympathetic piece done by Samantha Bee’s “Full Frontal” about the new Food and Drug Administration regulations and its effect on the vaping industry. The piece did miss one big point about the vaping industry, however.
The proposed regs, while missing a lot of important proposals anti-tobacco advocates wanted, like curbs on marketing and Internet sales, would require all vaping products to individually go through a lengthy approval process. Vaping advocates say this would cripple if not completely wipe out the vaping industry because the costs to go through this process would be so onerous. The FDA itself estimates that between 30 percent to 70 percent of e-cig businesses may be forced to go out of business due to the new regulations.
Full Frontal visited a vaping conference and did have a good time poking fun at vapers. For instance, Samantha Bee sends a correspondent to the conference rather than go herself because she doesn’t want to be around vapers, then the correspondent immediately runs out the door as soon as she encounters e-cigarette steam blown in her face. However, the show was fair to e-cigs and did acknowledge that some studies have shown that vaping is far less dangerous than smoking.
One thing I honestly learned from the segment is that there is a pretty distinct actual honest-to-goodness “vaping culture,” that at least according to the show, has a counter-culture edge. Sort of like cigar culture only with lots of piercings, I suppose. I never realized this culture existed, though, as I thought about it, some of the e-cig proponents I’ve dealt with online are almost messianic in their defence of e-cigarettes.
One thing the Full Frontal segment did get wrong, however, (and they got this like … reallywrong), was that suggesting that Big Tobacco has “struggled to compete” in the e-cigarette market. That’s really not true. Vuse E-Cigs (35 percent market share, Blu E-Cigs (23 percent) and MarkTen (16 percent), the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 e-cig brands on the market, are actually wholly-owned subsidiaries of RJ Reynolds, Imperial Tobacco Group and Altria (Philip Morris). In fact, these three brands represent a combined 74 percentof the e-cig market. Seventy-four percent is hardly “struggling to compete.”
Yeah, maybe Big Tobacco wants to crush all the smaller makers through FDA regulations (Though, Altria has expressed its opposition to the FDA regulations), but if that’s the case, the real story is the tobacco industry is already deeply entrenched in and dominating the e-cig industry. Will these regulations help Big Tobacco dominate it even more? Full Frontal didn’t even mention that Big Tobacco owns the three most dominant e-cigarette brands and I really think the show either missed or ignored that dynamic between Big Tobacco and e-cigarettes.
At long last, after TWO years of deliberations, the Food and Drug Administration earlier this week FINALLY issued a ruling on e-cigarette (and tobacco) regulation.
Unfortunately, this came at a time when I was really busy, plus I wanted to take a few days to digest the news.
My initial reaction to the news was disappointment that the FDA will do nothing to control e-cigarette marketing, online sales or candy flavourings. The biggest obvious change is the sale of e-cig products to minors will be banned. However, over 40 states already ban e-cig sales to minors, so this ruling is a bit cosmetic.
However, then I started reading comments from the e-cigarette industry absolutely FREAKING OUT over these regs, and I started thinking, “wow, if the e-cigarette industry is so pissed off, the regs can’t be that bad.”
It turns out the FDA ruling is pretty complex, and I’m personally still sifting through it to see what it means, and I fully expect to be writing more posts about this over the next several weeks and months. I saw several headlines that screamed, “E-cigarettes virtually banned.” Here’s what they’re talking about and what turns out might be the biggest effect of this ruling: The FDA will require that all tobacco products (which under the FDA definition includes e-cigs even though they don’t actually contain tobacco — they do contain nicotine) that hit the market since 2007 must be individually approved by the FDA. E-cigs were basically non-existent before 2007, so this affects nearly all e-cig products.
That means nearly every e-cigarette on the market — and every different flavor and nicotine level — would require a separate application for federal approval. Each application could cost $1 million or more, says Jeff Stier, an e-cigarette advocate with the National Center for Public Policy Research and industry officials.
One million dolalrs each for every flavour? Holy cow, on the face of it, that would cripple the industry. Sure enough, industry leaders are incensed.
Ray Story, the founder and CEO of the Tobacco Vapor Electronic Cigarette Association, called the ruling “a complete disaster.” Since 2009, his association has advocated for a change in the law that would require age verification and restrict sales to minors.
“No children should have access to these products. Just like with alcohol, these are adult products,” he said.
What he takes issue with is the FDA requirement for approval on the products, down to the batteries. He said the rule “essentially bans the product across the land.”
E-cigarette shouldn’t be sold to minors, and government should restrict advertising so they aren’t marketed to kids. But the FDA’s drastic overstep today will require e-cigarettes not already on the market by February 2007 to undergo a costly and onerous Premarket Tobacco Application process that holds e-cigarettes to a standard nearly impossible to prove, and one that well-established actual cigarettes don’t have to face.
By the way, this commentary was actually written by Jeff Stier, who is from an organization called the National Center for Public Policy Research, which is described by Wikipedia as a “conservative think tank.” These are the same kind of “think tanks” that claimed for decades that there was no proof that smoking caused lung cancer or that secondhand smoke was completely harmless. If that wasn’t convincing enough … the National Center for Public Policy Research actually receives some of its funding from Big Tobacco and Big E-Cig (Which is rapidly becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Big Tobacco). So take this hyperbole with as many grains of salt as you please. I take it was LOT of grains of salt.
Now, it could be these industry folks are being hyperbolic as hell. I remember back in the day everyone thought the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement was going to be the death of Big Tobacco. But, I love that the e-cig industry is freaking out. GOOD. They deserve to freak out.
Here’s why. I walk a fine line with e-cigs. I get it that e-cigs genuinely help some people get off cigarettes. There’s mixed data about the effectiveness of e-cigs as a tool for smoking cessation. But, I’ve seen enough anecdotal information online about people praising them for helping to get them off cigarettes to believe that they have a genuine value.
However, here is the problem with e-cigs. It has been painfully clear to people actually paying attention that e-cigs are blatantly marketing their products to kids … using actors dressed up as race car drivers, using women’s panties, even using Santa Clause … to sell e-cigs. Jesus …even Santa Clause? Big Tobacco did this kind of stuff 60 years ago, heck they were still using race car imagery with Joe Camel as recently as 20 years ago.
They’re using this hip, young, active, savvy, sexy imagery to addict teenagers to nicotine. For all of the benefits of e-cigs, and it appears there are some real benefits, it’s still a delivery system for nicotine. And nicotine is one of the most addictive substances on the planet. And people still don’t know what all is in e-cigarette steam. We know it contains formaldehyde and another chemical called diacetyl, which causes a disease known as “popcorn lung.”
From another very well-written USA Today editorial, this written by the USA Today editorial board of directors, appropriate titled “FDA takes e-cigs out of ‘wild West'”:
Once before, the nation let an addictive product get by with little regulation. By the time the surgeon general first warned of cigarettes’ deadly dangers in 1964, about four in 10 Americans were already hooked. It has taken more than 50 years and a costly war on smoking to cut that adult rate in half and to bring teen smoking down to about 9%.
No wonder the government and public health advocates are wary of these new “vaping” products, which also contain nicotine, and some of which are made by the same companies that brought the nation Joe Camel and the Marlboro Man.
While advocates for e-cigarettes talk about their potential upside in the future — getting smokers to quit — they seldom acknowledge the facts on the ground right now: E-cig use among teenagers is exploding. Last year, 16% of high school students used e-cigarettes at least once in the past month, making the devices more popular than traditional cigarettes among teens, according to a national survey by the federal government. That’s up from 1.5% in 2011 — an astounding rise.
Promoters argue that teens are switching to a safer product. Great if true. But some earlier data show that many teens who use e-cigarettes have not smoked traditional cigarettes before. Exactly how many fit that description now is a key question that researchers need to sort out.
Industry players also underscore that their products are only for adults. Their advertising says otherwise: The women who vape are sexy and glamorous, the men rugged and rebellious, the very themes that attracted generations of teens to traditional cigarettes. In stores, e-cigarettes are sold above ice cream freezers, next to candy and in flavors that include Cherry Crush and Gummy Bear. About 85% of youths who had used e-cigs in the past 30 days used ones that were flavored.
Game. Set. Match. Thank you, USA Today.
These rules will not go into effect immediately. I was initially deeply disappointed in the lack of regs over e-cig marketing (I believe the FDA was wary of going here because of fears over First Amendment lawsuits, and guess what, if the FDA loses a First Amendment lawsuit over e-cigs, that might affect the federal government’s ability to regulate marketing of cigarettes.). I don’t get as worked up about the candy flavouring because so many adult users have told me they like the sweet flavours, too, but I know a lot of anti-tobacco advocates hate that e-cigs are allowed to have sugary flavours.
But, this subtle little language about requiring all e-cig products to be approved by the FDA might reel in this out-of-control industry, which is selling a drug and is selling an addictive drug … to kids … with a wink and a nod … “Moi? Not us!”
Now, there is apparently legislation in Congress to push up this 2007 date and grandfather current e-cig products so they wouldn’t require individual review by the FDA. Golly wonder whose lobbyists might be behind that? I hope Obama and any other future Democratic president vetoes any such legislation that reaches his or her desk. The e-cig industry is a multi-billion dollar industry, about 40 percent of which is actually owned by Big Tobacco. It can damn well pony up to have its products approved fair and square.
I will be posting more on this, I promise, as the story develops.
Well, the Pollyanna side of me wants to say, “good news, bad news,” but I think it’s more bad than good.
According to the CDC, the teen vaping rate continued to climb in 2015. That’s the bad news. The good news is it isn’t climbing as rapidly as it was in 2014.
The teen vaping rate is now 16 percent; roughly one teen out of six has vaped in the past 30 days. In 2014, it was 13.4 percent. That figure tripled from 2013, when it was just 4.5 percent. So, basically it went from increasing 200 percent in 2014 to about 20 percent in 2015. Is that good news? I don’t know. It could be the teen vaping market is as saturated as it’s going to get.
Hopefully, part of the reason for the slowdown is most states now do prohibit selling vaping products to teenagers However, it really isn’t very hard for kids to order vaping products online, which seriously needs to be banned by the FDA.
The FDA has been dawdling for well over a year now on e-cigarette regulations. And in that time, the teen vaping use continues to climb … though perhaps it isn’t quite “skyrocketing” like it was a couple of years ago. It’s damned frustrating. I cannot envision why it has taken so long to finalize regulations. All I can think of is the lawyers must be making the decisions at this point.
The draft FDA regulations that came out a while ago now were pretty weak, and didn’t do a heck of a lot to address teen vaping use. The FDA proposed banning sales to minors, but as I mentioned earlier most states already do this anyway. That won’t make a dramatic difference.
The FDA neglected to ban online sales (you can’t sell cigarettes online), nor did the agency address e-cigarette marketing and advertising — both of these are serious issues that need to be dealt with in my opinion. E-cigarette companies are using the exact same kind of ads making e-cigs look sexy and sophisticated that cigarette companies successfully used for decades to make their products appear cool to kids.
I’m perfectly fine with people using e-cigarettes to quit smoking. When all else fails, I feel they have nothing to lose. And while I certainly don’t trust that e-cigarettes are 100 percent benign (the vapour is known to contain formaldehyde and diactyl) , they are less toxic than cigarettes.
However, I’m not cool with teenagers simply finding different delivery system to get physically addicted to nicotine to begin with. And unfortunately, that is a big part of the e-cigarette market. The e-cigarette companies can act all innocent all they want … they’ve also put their brand names on women’s panties. That’s not about people getting off of cigarettes. That’s about enticing horny young teens to use your product.
The other good news is largely because of e-cigarettes, the teen smoking rate has basically completely collapsed. I saw one graph that showed that the 12th-grade smoking rate in 2013 is now at a minuscule 6.7 percent. When I started blogging about tobacco about 10-12 years ago, the teen smoking rate was pushing 30 percent.
The CDC report also states that the middle school vaping rate is about 5.3 percent. Again, this is up dramatically from 2011, when less than 1 percent of all middle schoolers were vaping.
From purely an SEO standpoint, I know I’m supposed to break out these stories into separate posts, but that’s too much of a pain in the ass, so I’m compiling some legislative updates into one post because I’m feeling lazy.
First off, a major cigarettes tax increase in Louisiana.
Louisiana raises cigarette taxes
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards just signed a bill raising Louisiana’s cigarette tax a tiny bit from 88 cents a pack to $1.08 a pack. That still leaves Louisiana with one of the lowest cigarette taxes in the U.S. This was done partly out of pure, sheer, unadultered desperation after 8 years of Republican Bobby Jindal’s fiscal mismanagement left the state of Louisiana utterly broke. I hate to bring politics onto the lounge, but Jesus, between Schwarzenegger, Brownbeck, Scott Walker and Jindal, have voters not figured out that Republicans simply cannot govern responsibly? Poor Louisiana, which has never gotten over the fiscal impact of Hurricane Katrina, is painfully broke and looking at all kinds of tax increases just to keep basic state services running.
I don’t get it, why do people keep voting for Republicans when they’ve shown time and again they simply … cannot … govern … or manage a budget responsibly, particularly at the state level. Again, I try to keep partisan politics out of the Lounge, but I honestly don’t get this.
This tax is expected to add $230 million to state coffers over the next five years, which will help a little.
The average cigarette tax in the U.S. is about $1.60 a pack, so Louisiana is still well below the national average.
Wales to ban e-cig use indoors
More and more places are banning e-cigarette use indoors, including Wales, which is set to pass a law banning them inside.
I didn’t mind e-cigs indoors for a long time. Their vapour doesn’t smell nor until I started reading all the stories about the @#$%ing formaldehyde and diactyl in e-cigarette vapour and now I don’t care if it isn’t annoying or irritating, I don’t want to ingest it in any way, shape or form. Not until MORE IS KNOWN about just how dangerous that vapour might be. Now, whenever I’m near someone using an e-cig indoors, I find myself holding my breath or leaning away from them. What it comes down to is … I … simply … do … not … trust … that … vapour. No offence.
(Welsh Health Minister Mark Drakeford) has not dismissed claims that e-cigarettes may help people quit smoking.
He added: “The Bill does not prevent the use of e-cigarettes to help people stop smoking if they believe they will help them. Wherever you can smoke a cigarette you will be able to use an e-cigarette.”
Vermont to ban e-cig use indoors
Vermont is set to pass a bill that would ban e-cig use indoors and would put restrictions on the sales of e-cig products to keep them out of the hands of minors … ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION, FDA?
E-cigs would have to be kept out of sight in stores or kept in a locked container. They would also be banned in bars and restaurants. I haven’t kept track of how many states are banning them indoors, but this is a growing tide.


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First look inside the festive pop-up igloo in Newcastle’s Gray Street – and how to book
A festive gourmet igloo that took shape this week in the city center is now open for reservations and its privileged site guarantees customers a unique experience.
Over the past few days, passers-by have stopped to watch work in progress on the striking new addition outside Leila Lily’s bar and restaurant in Gray Street and, with the transparent igloo now fitted with a cozy interior , it is ready to open for the first reservations from this Friday.
Those wishing to secure a spot may need to be quick, as the igloo is unique and can only accommodate eight people at a time.
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Available for booking for afternoon teas and three-course meals, it’s the latest festive addition to town from owner Malhotra Group who recently opened a pop-up Christmas bar at another of his venues. , The Market Lane, in Newcastle.
But this one, says the company’s head of sales and marketing, Bethany Williams, will be there to stay beyond the goodwill season, as the team knows how well received it is.
Inside the wood-framed igloo, which has an unobstructed view of Gray Street, is a single large round table beautifully decorated with flowers and scented candles.
Festive touches include garlands and wreaths that wrap overhead, as well as displays of berries and ivy and Christmas crackers.
There will be Christmas music – or guests can choose to play their own – and a nice touch are the soft fleece throws on the chair backs and hot water bottles at each seat.
These popped up during the Covid restrictions, when only outside service at Leila Lily was allowed, and they proved so successful they were brought back.
The igloo will open from midday and groups of eight, and no less than four, can book in for a three-course meal or a festive afternoon tea, while later time slots will be available for those who wish simply have a drink in a unique setting.
There will be a trial period, says Bethany, with the team doing their best to meet customer expectations – and there’s a lot of potential.
With plans to keep the igloo going beyond Christmas and New Years, this opens up the possibility of creating different interior looks to change with the seasons and themed ideas around special dates like Valentine’s Day, he adds. she.
“It’s something a little different.
“They’re hugely popular in London and we just wanted to bring something more to Gray Street.”
The reaction so far from passers-by and on social media in response to the company’s social media posts about it has been met with enormous excitement, she says, adding, “It’s promoted itself!”
The igloo – which was created by famous local businessman Nigel Holliday, founder of Boutique Event Hire – will be open daily from noon with last bookings at 7.30pm midweek and until 10pm on weekend.
Despite the fact that the igloo is expected to be in high demand, customers won’t be in a rush as slots can last around two and a half hours: “We want people to have a great experience,” says Bethany.
Three-course meals in the igloo cost £35pp and festive afternoon teas cost £20. To see the menu and for more information on booking and what’s also on offer at Leila Lily’s during Christmas, see here.
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A market leader in the booming cosmetic surgery industry has been censured by the advertising watchdog for exaggerating its reputation.
The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that Transform, led by Pat Dunion, can no longer call itself 'Britain's most trusted cosmetic surgery group'. In an adjudication last week it said the claim breached the Committee of Advertising Practice's code on four grounds, including truthfulness, substantiation and matters of opinion.
It acted after Transform's rival, Harley Medical Group, claimed that the advertisement – which appeared in Company, Cosmopolitan and Glamour – was misleading. Harley told the ASA it deserved such a description, rather than Transform, because it had the highest patient recommendation. The ASA backed the complaint.
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In celebration of LGBT Pride Month, Adidas Originals has once again released a Pride Pack of nine products.
New items on sale now include three pairs of trainers, three t-shirts, a tank top, track jacket and pants. Proceeds from each sale will go to Stonewall, the U.K.-based LGBT support group that not only provides resources to the LGBT community but also works to change laws and help institutions become more inclusive.
The all-black and classic white and navy Superstars both feature rainbow-splattered paint on the uppers. The all-white Stan Smith has a splatter print on the heel, and the classic Stan Smith logo on the tongue gets the rainbow treatment. Adidas also released a similar colorful splatter painted Pride Pack in 2015.
Adidas wrote on its Instagram that the proceeds will go toward “creating a world where every single person can be accepted without exception.”
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Tourism is undoubtedly one of the key economic drivers of Cebu and it continues to be ravaged by the pandemic. Because of this, stakeholders of the tourism industry, most especially the food and beverage sector, have stepped up and come together to stage the first Cebu Food and Wine Festival.
The Cebu Food and Wine Festival is a movement to create an alliance amongst the industry players with one goal in mind – to once again enliven the pandemic-ravaged hospitality, tourism and culinary scene of Cebu. Organized by the Ministry of Food and Wine, a nonprofit organization created to assist in implementing a road to recovery project for local hotels, resorts and restaurants and allied industries, the first Cebu Food and Wine Festival is slated on April 18-May 2, 2021.
The two-week festival is set to open on April 18, 2021 with a Grand Reception Beach Dinner to be held at Crimson Resort and Spa where guests can savor numerous Brunch action stations along with sparkling wine, Rose and unique cocktails by the beach. Meanwhile, a Grand Finale Dinner is set to close the festival at El Viento, Marco Polo Plaza Cebu on May 2 where guests will get to savor a variety of tasty treats by special guest chefs in distinct action stations. Curated pocket events will be held in between, including a Farmers’ Market that will run for 2 Saturdays, where local farmers are invited to sell their fresh produce directly to consumers.
Restaurateur Kate Dychangco-Anzani of the Anzani group, who leads the CFWF, said that the festival is “a recovery project for the hospitality industry”, especially for the farmers and the people on the grassroots who are the worst-hit by the pandemic crisis. She added that it is now time to rise from the ashes, and that everybody needs everyone.
The event is organized in cooperation with the Department of Tourism, Cebu City Tourism Commission, and more than a dozen trade partners, coinciding with the 500th Quincentennial celebrations in Cebu.
For more information about event schedules (cooking classes, wine tastings, pop-up dinners, seminars, tours, etc.) and rates, visit www.cebufoodandwinefestival.com